Attachment for cooking utensils.



L. HELD.

ATTACHMENT FOR COOKING UTENSILS.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE]. 1918- Patentd Jan. 7,1919.

35 other a-bout said pivotas a center,

the blades may be positioned at difierent dismoons.

LOUIS HELD, or sen rnancrsco, camroanm.

jAccracmtmrt: son ooonrns U'TENSILS.

application filedJune 7, 19'18. Serial No. 238,719.

Toal l whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, Louis HELD, a citizen of'the United States, residing at San Francisco, in thecounty of San-Francisco and State of California, have invented new and:

useful Improvements in- Attaclnnents for- Cooking Utensils,'of which. the following is a Specification. f w a v i This invention relates to an attachment for cooking utensils, and the principal "ob jeet is to provide detachable means for use with utensils of difi'er ent sizes, and designed to dividethe space within the receptacle into a.v plurality. of compartments in order that difi 'erent kinds of food may be cooked without interference one with the other.

A further object is to provide a device comprising a-plurality 'of blades or the like pivotally connected and; extending -radially with reference to 'a centifal pin, these arms being foldable when not 1n use.

A still further ob ect is to provide in a.

device constructed as specified a plurality of ing sizes.

arms carrying longitudinally movable members constituting extensions of said arms, with means for guiding the extension members and permitting sliding movement.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan View.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

Figs. 3 and, D below.

A. plurality" of blades 10, 11 and 12 are pivotally connected as shown at'14 and are adapted for movement with reference to each whereby tances apart forming compartments of varystripsor walls and may be of suitable size for the purpose intended. i gllhe device is placed within any ordinary cooking utensil designated 15, and in order to provide for difierent sizes of utensils the blades carry members designated 16, which constitute extensions for the blades being slidable with reference thereto. These extensions carry turned over portions 17 em gaging the ribs 18 on the upper edges of the These arms constitute division blades or division members respectively.

The pivot 20 carries a handle 21, for convenience" in handling the attachment, and the'latterwhen not in use is folded into the form shown in Fig. 4. y 1 What is claimed is:

'1. In an attachment for a cooking utensil, a plurality ofpivotally connected members Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J an, '7, 1919,

extending radially with reference to a'central point, and means for varying the length of said members,- the pivotally connected members acting as vertical walls dividing the space Within the utensil into separate compartments.

2. In anjattachmentfor a cooking utensil, a plurality of'pivotally connected members extending radially from a central point, and a slidab'le member carried by eachpivoted member and movable longitudinally with reference thereto and adapted to form an extension thereof, the pivotally connected members acting as vertical walls dividing thespaoe within the utensil into separate compartments.

3. In anattachment for a cooking utensil,

a plurality' of pivotallvconne'cted members,

I and means; for varying th'e'length of said members, the-pivotally connected members acting as vertical walls dividing the space p within the utensil'into separate compart- 4: are detail views describedments.:

4:. An attachment for a cooking utensil comprising a plurality of division members having hinged connection with each other, 

